Life Sciences · API Governance Rules
Life Sciences API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Life Sciences.
5 Rules
warn 3
info 2
Rule Categories
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property
schema
Rules
warn
schema-declares-$schema
Every JSON Schema document should declare its $schema (draft).
$
warn
schema-draft-consistency
$schema should reference the 2020-12 draft (this API's convention).
$.$schema
info
schema-has-title
JSON Schema documents should declare a title.
$
info
property-name-casing
Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$..properties
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
$..description
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